I have the feeling the reason why there are so many people who hate elves is because in most fictions there are two kinds of elves: The first are assholes who are responsible for every problem in the world, for all sorts of reasons. The second are (or are widely perceived as such, a key distinction) physically, magically, and spiritually superior to a human. The latter spawn the former according to me since most people would in fact look at an elf and be amazed and in wonderment. And someone else looks up to something that is better than you in every way, and goes "Wow, what an asshole."
Yes, this is a tangent unbidden, but the only reason I bring it up is because while I like the meme, I have grown tired of the niche opinion that elves are all pricks. What kinda drove it home was when I was dressing the setting for a oneshot I trusted a friend of mine to explain some of the world history of the setting, and the first words out of his mouth were: "Okay, so the elves fucked up"
Which left out a lot of key details. What would be more accurate was "One elf made a terrible decision that seemed harmless enough and like anything in fantasy, spiralled out of control disastrously." and even that action doesn't bear even half of the responsibility of the tragedy that followed. Sure, it set everything in motion, but there were plenty of stopping points besides that first one. I guess I was offended in some notion that the story I had stitched together could be summed up in a cheap, throwaway meme. Then again, the argument could be made that whatever I wrote, if it could be summed up as "Okay, so the elves fucked up" wasn't all that interesting or good to being with.
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TLDR, I disliked a "I hate elves haha" meme being used to describe the world history of a setting for a one shot campaign for a tabletop rpg. The circle is ironically closed upon itself.
Yes, this is a tangent unbidden, but the only reason I bring it up is because while I like the meme, I have grown tired of the niche opinion that elves are all pricks. What kinda drove it home was when I was dressing the setting for a oneshot I trusted a friend of mine to explain some of the world history of the setting, and the first words out of his mouth were: "Okay, so the elves fucked up"
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TLDR, I disliked a "I hate elves haha" meme being used to describe the world history of a setting for a one shot campaign for a tabletop rpg. The circle is ironically closed upon itself.